Most of us take our senses for granted, at least until one of them stops working. But despite the usefulness of smell, sight, touch and the other senses, they took millions of years to work themselves ...

The human sense of smell connects directly to brain regions responsible for memory and cognitive function, making it a surprisingly accurate window into neurological health. As people age, changes in ...

You wouldn't microwave fish around your worst enemy—the smell lingers both in kitchen and memory. It is one few of us like, let alone have positive associations with. But what makes our brains decide ...

Dan Wesson, Ph.D., and Sarah Sniffen are studying how odors take on meaning in the brain. (Photo by Nate Guidry/University of Florida) GAINESVILLE, Fla. – You wouldn’t microwave fish around your worst ...

June 20 -- THURSDAY, June 19 (HealthDay News) -- The olfactory bulb in the brain -- the brain's "smell center" -- may change in size as a person's sense of smell changes, a German study reports. In ...

A recent study examining the lasting impacts of the coronavirus concluded that people living with long COVID who suffer from anosmia -- the loss of smell -- experienced a significant shift in brain ...

Some concerning trends for the future. Researchers in Brazil examined the olfactory bulbs of 15 cadavers and detected the presence of microplastics in the olfactory bulbs of eight of them. The ...

ST. LOUIS (KTVI) – Many people who have COVID-19 experience a loss of taste and smell. For most people, it lasts about two to three weeks. But between 5% and 7% of the millions of people in the U.S.

Scientists have further decoded how mammalian brains perceive odors and distinguish one smell from thousands of others. In experiments in mice, NYU Grossman School of Medicine researchers have for the ...

In a magical scene towards the end of the 2007 film Ratatouille, notoriously harsh food critic Anton Ego is instantly ...